Improvement in parlor-fountains



P'. BUUHHORN'.

Parlor-Fountain.

No. 200,126. Patented Feb. 12,1878..

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' MPETERS. PHOTD-LITHOGRPHER. WASHINGTN, D C.

UNITED? STATES PATENT OFFIoF.

' FRITZ BUcHHoItN, oF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. j

IMPROVEMENT IN PARLR-FOUNTAINS.v

Specification forming part of Letters Patent blo. 200,126, dated February 12, 1878; application filed `Ianuary 1 7, 1878.

To all whom it may concern: Beit known that I, FRITZ BUcI-IHORN, of Chicago, inthe county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a. new and Improved Parlor-Fountain, of which the following is a full and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, in which-` Figure l is a longitudinal vertical section through the center. Fig. 2 is a vertical crosssection on line fr. Fig. 3 is an enlarged longitudinal vertical section of one ofthe watervalves, andFig. 4 is a cross-section of the same.

The nature of my invention relates to fountains the principle in which is the transmission of the pressure sustained by a body of water in one vessel to that in another more elevated one by means of the elasticity of air, and which are technically known as The Fountains of Hero of Alexandria, but in these fountains heretofore in use, at intervals the lower vessel had to be emptied and the upper one refilled through faucets whenever the water from the uppervvessel had passed into the lower one, and thereby the pressure had been exhausted, which was tedious and troublesome, and which to avoid is the object of my invention.

My invention consists in two vessels, which, opposite each other and at equal radius, will swing around a hollow sh aft or trunnions, and which communicate together and through the shaft or trunnions with the nozzle and overflow of the fountain, and have suitable valves, opening and closing automatically whenever the position of the vessels is interch. nged, so

l that only such communications with and between the vessels are open, which will bring about the desired result as long as the upper vessel is filled or partly filled withliquid and the lower one is proportionally empty. Whenever the reverseIis reached, and the power is 4 exhausted, the relative position of the two vesstandards A, vthe ends of which are closed, and its center portion is plugged up. One

end of this pipe communicates vwith the founplug, j', having a port which communicates with the interior of said pipe, and these ports are so placed that the one at the side of pipe communicating with the nozzle D faces the top, and that the port in the pipe and communicating with the overiiow-funnel E faces the bottom of its respective plug. These plugs f are sleeved by rings F, which have two ports, each. of corresponding size with the ports in the plugs, opposite each other, and each continued by a radial pipe, G and g. H and H are two cylindrical vessels, opposite each other, and suspended at equal distance from the fulcrum-pipe C by radial arms h, projecting from sleeves loosely fitted upon the ends of pipe C, so that said vessels H H canbe swung around said shaft or pipe C, and will counterbalance each other, a suitable locking device being provided for holding the same in a vertical position to each other and to said pipe C. Each vessel has a vent, closed by a screw-stopper, I, for filling the same with liquid or for emptying.

. rlhe pipes G, communicating with the fulcrumpipe O through the port in faucet-plug f, are extended through and into the vessels H and H to near the extreme inner wall of the shell, while the pipes g are jointed to the shell of said vessels H and H at apoint nearest to the swing-fulcrum, and because one of the pipes Gr or g only has commimication opened through each faucet-plug j', the lower vessel only will communicate with the overflow-funnel E, while the upper vessel only will commimicate with the nozzle D, no matter which of the vessels is above and which below.

A ball or other suitable valve, l, is arranged against the inner shell of each vessel, at a point nearest to the swinging fulcrum, in such a manner that said valve will be open while the respective vessel is in the lower position, and will close hermetically when said vessel is elevated. To each seat of said valves l is connected a pipe, L, which enters the opposite vessel and extends to near the shell at apoint most distant Vfrom the swinging i zfuleru'ln.V These pipes alternately form the Communicat- Y ing-ehennelbetween the air-spaces in the two vessels H and. H; Y Y Y The modus operandi of this apparatus is as Y follows/to wit: The npfpervessel lbeing filled with, weter'through the venti, so inueh water Y is poured into the basin B until the overiiow municating therewith :by pipe L, to ',eeusethe jet of witter freni the nozzle D to issueV and 1 i rise to @height nearly equal to the difference Y of water-Column between thedistanee of :the

overow-iunnel to the water-level in vessel H', Y

endet the nozzle-spout to the water-level in Y vessel H, so that the heightof the fountain- Y jet will increase proportionally with the dis tence thevessels :ere placed Vepebrt. Y The jet willl Continue to lowuntil'the VesselH is emp- 1 tied and the vessel H is filled, since e continual: overfow is Y kept uplas long .as the Vfoun-Y Aiter all theweterfromvessel H has :passed Y Y thus into vessel H', the relative position of the Y Y two; cylindrical vessels is interchenged by swinging thesame around their fulorunl nne-V heli al revolution, when at once new power is obtained. Thus the same water een be used over and over'egain Vwithouthandlingthe Y Y Y same, only so much having tohe edded'from Vtiine'to timees will be lost by evaporation.

What I'oleiiin es my invention is 1 Y 1 Y disconnection, and without impairingthe opV 'Y Y :eratingg'V faculties of the same, substafntiellyin the manner und VfortheV purpose set forth; 1 Y i Y 2. The vessels'll and Hl, arrangeflto swing Vafrounl Y@hollowV shaft or trunnion, C, eon

neeted with nozzle 'D and funnel E, and haviing faucets or Valves Ff, pipes G g, valves l?, and pipes: L L, Y ell constructed, Y arranged, and

operating substffmtiellyV in the linenner de:- Y Y Y Vseribecl and shown.y tein is operating, which willkeep up eecmYtn-YV Y Y YYY Y* Y YFRlTZBUGHHORNL Witnesses:

Y Y YCH. BENZING,

Y WM. H.Y Lorzf:Y 

